| 摘要 | 第1-11页 |
| Abstract | 第11-13页 |
| List of figures | 第13-15页 |
| List of Tables | 第15-17页 |
| Abbreviation | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第18-24页 |
| ·Preliminaries | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第19-23页 |
| ·Autosegmental Phonology | 第19-20页 |
| ·Feature Geometry and the Tonal Feature | 第20页 |
| ·Metrical Phonology | 第20-22页 |
| ·Prosodic Phonology ---- Interface between Syntax and Phonology | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Organization of This Thesis | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 2 Literary Review | 第24-39页 |
| ·Acoustic Property of the Reduced and Neutral tone in the Standard Chinese | 第24-25页 |
| ·Feature Geometry of Tone | 第25-30页 |
| ·Yip (1980) | 第25-26页 |
| ·Yip (1989) | 第26-28页 |
| ·Duanmu (1990) | 第28-30页 |
| ·Default Tone | 第30-32页 |
| ·Metrical Phonology | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Metrical Tree Theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Prosodic Category and Word Tree | 第33-34页 |
| ·Metrical Stress in Chinese | 第34-35页 |
| ·Syntax–Phonology Interface | 第35-37页 |
| ·Direct Syntax Approach (DSA) or Relation-based Approach | 第35-36页 |
| ·Indirect Syntax Approach (ISA) or the End-based Approach | 第36页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Prosodic Phonology in Chinese | 第36-37页 |
| ·Previous Autosegmental Studies on the Neutral Tone in the Standard Chinese | 第37-38页 |
| ·Prosodic Hierarchy | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 3 A Brief Introduction to CD | 第39-47页 |
| ·The Segments | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Syllable Structure | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Tone Inventory | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Reduced and Toneless Syllables | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Reduced Syllable | 第42页 |
| ·The Toneless Syllable | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Description by Zheng | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Rhythm of CD | 第45-47页 |
| ·Rhythmic Patterns of Disyllabic Words | 第45页 |
| ·Rhythmic Patterns of Tri-syllabic Words | 第45-46页 |
| ·Rhythmic Pattern in Quadra-syllabic Words | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter 4 The Phonetic Experiment | 第47-76页 |
| ·Socio-linguistic Backgrounds of the Informants | 第47页 |
| ·The Preparation of the Glossary | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Recording | 第48页 |
| ·The Measurement of the Acoustic Features | 第48页 |
| ·The Major Findings | 第48-75页 |
| ·The Four Citation Tones | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Pitch Value | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Pitch Value of Reduplicant | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Possible Factors Influencing the Surface Pitch | 第53-60页 |
| ·The Duration | 第60-64页 |
| ·The Vowel Quality and the Intensity | 第64-66页 |
| ·The Amplitude | 第66-67页 |
| ·Acoustic Findings in the Tri-syllabic Words | 第67-69页 |
| ·Tonal Reduction in the Quadri-syllabic Words | 第69-70页 |
| ·Tonal Reduction in a Wider Scope | 第70-74页 |
| ·The Tonal Pattern of Phrases | 第74-75页 |
| ·The Facts—a Summery | 第75-76页 |
| Chapter 5 The Phonological Analysis | 第76-93页 |
| ·The Structure of CD Tones | 第76-81页 |
| ·Geometrical Representations of the Four Citation Tones | 第76-77页 |
| ·Shangsheng 21 | 第77-78页 |
| ·Qusheng 24--- an Analytical Paradox and the Solution | 第78-81页 |
| ·TBU in CD---- Syllable or Rhyme | 第81-82页 |
| ·Tonal Reduction and Default Value Insertion Rules | 第82-85页 |
| ·The Rules and the Derivations | 第82-84页 |
| ·The Metrical Structure and the Application of Tone Reduction | 第84-85页 |
| ·The Interaction between Tone and the Metrical Stress | 第85页 |
| ·The Metrical Foot in CD | 第85-88页 |
| ·Unboundedness of CD Foot--- Evidence from the Polysyllabic Words | 第86-87页 |
| ·Q uantity-sensitivity of CD Foot | 第87-88页 |
| ·Prosodic Phonology of CD | 第88-93页 |
| ·The Co-extensiveness of PrWd (foot) and Syntactic Word | 第88-90页 |
| ·A Summary of the Tree-plus-prosodic category Representations | 第90-92页 |
| ·The End based Parameters of the Tone Reduction Rule ----- [X~0 | 第92-93页 |
| Conclusion | 第93-95页 |
| References | 第95-100页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第100-101页 |
| Appendix I 攻读学位期间所发表的论文目录 | 第101-102页 |
| Appendix II The Formant Patterns of Seven Pairs of Reduced or Toneless Syllables and Reduced Syllables | 第102-106页 |
| Appendix III The Waveforms of Two Toneless Syllables and Full Syllables (of the Same Rhymes ) | 第106-108页 |
| Appendix IV The Pitch Patterns of Some Tri-syllabic compounds | 第108-111页 |
| Appendix V The pitch diagrams for tso~(24) ku~(33) lan~(33) tcin~(33) by Inf 1 and Inf 2 | 第111-113页 |
| Appendix VI The Pitch Diagrams of Some Phrases | 第113-116页 |
| Appendix VII The Glossary | 第116-125页 |
| Appendix VIII 详细中文摘要 | 第125-128页 |
